@seth thank you Seth! 😊

@[email protected] @[email protected] thank you! 🥰

@[email protected] awww thank you Jerry! I’m delighted to hear you enjoyed this post ✨

@[email protected] yes I’d love to discuss Hall of Fame. And didn’t realize @[email protected] was done by another Stefan 😅 @[email protected] thanks for the clarification!

@[email protected] ha! I replied to your other post before seeing this one. Will definitely mention your work in part 2. Maybe I’ll reach out soon with a couple of questions, if that’s ok? It would be great to quote you on your work with #AltText bots

@[email protected] thank you for sharing my post Stefan! ❤️ LOVE your work by the way and I’ll be mentioning your #AltText bot in part 2

@mathi_gwithyas thank you for checking Mathi! It’s just so strange - definitely looks like a big oversight

Update no. 2: mystery solved thanks to @[email protected] ✨🏆✨

So on the Threads MOBILE app you need to enable the accessibility text button by clicking on:

settings > account > accessibility > show alt text

Source:
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113192022494725131

If you don’t click on it, you won’t see the alt text. And I could not find that setting on Threads on desktop 🤔

I just pinged @pcottle on Threads asking if he could turn it on BY DEFAULT for EVERYONE to raise awareness about accessibility

@[email protected] I looked for the setting under Account on my desktop computer but couldn’t find it 🤷‍♀️

Thanks again for your help!

@[email protected] thanks! but what about desktop?

I will fetch my burner phone and turn it on ;)

@[email protected] ha! thanks! for the record I have that app installed on a burner phone - it makes me feel so icky to have anything to do with something by Meta

Follow-up:

I posted a poll on Threads about #alttext (which likely nobody will see) and I replied to my own message with a photo with an alt text description.

Once the photo is published I cannot read the alt text I had written. Am I doing something wrong? The post is here: https://www.threads.net/@elenarossini/post/DAS8jb-Ntl-?xmt=AQGzU6RVWnVjBvoDGP6ft8CGHZwncy-1-vRAQxtB7ldFRA

And sorry for linking to a Meta website, but for the record I only use Threads to post messages about the #Fediverse 🤗

@[email protected] @[email protected] I just subscribed via a remote account (i.e. this one) on your PeerTube. LOVE the Fediverse and its interoperability ✨

@[email protected] @[email protected] Amazing!!! 🤩

@msdropbear42 @peterg75 ah I only use Phanpy and mobile apps with Friendica to consume content (I.e. read my feed and reply to posts) but nothing matches the sophistication of the OG Friendica interface for formatting posts…

@[email protected] oooh I’m so happy to hear you are enjoying Phanpy. It truly is the best ✨ I use Tusky on Android and Mona Pro on iOS with Friendica and really really love the UX

@[email protected] thank you for the brilliant suggestion Juan! Woooow!!! Definitely “brave enough” to try Beeper, LOL. And it was purchased by Automattic, which is a really good sign IMHO. I can’t thank you enough! Will try it ASAP

@[email protected] awwwww mi iscrivo subitooooooo 🥳🥳🥳 grazieeeeeeeeeee

@[email protected] the whole point of Matrix is to be a free, open source, federated way of communicating, so you can use it on desktop (Mac, Windows, Linux), mobile and even from a browser: https://element.io/download

@[email protected] thank you! I’ve blocked time in my calendar to watch the keynote address from the conference (they’re livestreaming on YouTube) this Friday morning. It’s about Matrix 2.0: https://cfp.matrix.org/matrixconf2024/talk/WUGXFW/